Wind Power
Natural resources
Crops
Manufacturing
Fun facts
100
What is the leading state of wind power
What is Iowa
100
Iowa has how many seasons?
What is 4 seasons
100
A typical corn plant can grow anywhere from 5 to how many feet?
What is 12 feet.
100
Beyond pure economic impact, manufacturing delivers an unmatched combination of employment, wages and what kind of distribution.
What is geographic distribution
100
Iowa is the top producer in this.
What is corn
200
In what year did Iowa generate more wind power than California?
What is 2013, due to these better wind conditions, Iowa generated more electricity from wind power in 2013 than California, even though it had less wind power capacity installed.
200
Iowas most valuable natural resources is this.
What is soil and climate
200
A typical ear of corn has about how many kernels?
What is 800 kernels.
200
The largest manufacturing industry in Iowa is the what processing industry.
What is the food processing industry
200
Iowa in number what on agriculture for poultry and beans
What is number 2 or 3
300
In 2016 over how much electrical energy was generated by wind power?
What is over 20billion kWh of wind power.
300
Iowa ranks among the top ten states for what?
What is crops or pasture.
300
Iowa uses about how many acres of land for corn
What is 13 million
300
One of the largest cereal mills in the United States and the country's largest what-processing plant are located in Iowa.
What is the largest popcorn processing plant.
300
The average milk cow, produces how many gallons a day?
What is 7 gallons
400
Wind power in Iowa makes up what percentage of electricity in the state
What is 35%.The development of wind power in Iowa began with a state law, enacted in 1983, requiring investor owned utilities purchase 105 MW of power from wind generation.
400
How many lakes were chosen as places for possible lake restoration projects?
What is 35 lakes
400
What year was a mile year of increased focus on Iowa lakes?
What is 2006
400
Iowas manufacturing still flourishes at how much percent?
What is 88%. Iowa is one of the few states where the manufacturing industry still flourishes 88% of Iowas diverse economy.
400
Iowa has at least how many types of soil.
What is 11,000
500
The average capacity factor of Iowa wind farms has been estimated as what percentage?
What is 33.3% by a wind industry consultant. Some of the wind power is sold to nearby states, like Wisconsin and Illinois. Wind farms are most prevalent in the North and West portions of Iowa.
500
How many of Iowa’s major public lakes were ranked for lake restoration?
What is 127 lakes out of Iowa’s major public lakes were ranked for lake restoration consideration based upon a number of socio-economic water quality and watershed factors. 35 lakes were chosen as places for possible lake restoration projects.
500
What is the primary fruit produced in Iowa?
What is apple
500
The clarion community consists of more than 4,000 firms employing about how many workers
What is 210,000 workers
500
In 1999 Iowa produced how many pounds of honey? (It's in the millions)
What is 3.9million pounds of honey
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